The Open Door in the News

Catch The Open Door in the media stories below featuring our mission, interviews with Open Door staff, and hunger in Minnesota.

 

• 1/04/2024 – Sun ThisWeek – Open Door celebrates new warehouse space in 2023
• 12/27/2023 – CNN Business – Inflation is nearly back to normal. But high prices have changed Americans’ lives.
• 11/13/2023 – Fox 9 – Minnesota Vikings’ Bynum hosts turkey giveaway in Burnsville
• 7/17/2023 – WCCO – MPCA: 62% of food thrown out by Minnesotans could be eaten or at least donated
• 7/7/2023 – KSTP – Local nonprofit working to keep children fed over summer
• 6/14/2023 – KARE 11 – KARE 11 Sunrise & Second Harvest Heartland team up for Summer Meals for Kids
• 4/28/2023 – Access to Democracy – Jason Viana, Executive Director of the Open Door Pantry, joins host Steve Francisco to discuss record-breaking demand for food
• 4/26/2023 – KARE 11 – ‘You gotta do what you gotta do for your family’: Mother urges those in need to shop food pantries
• 4/20/2023 – Sun ThisWeek – Eagan Empty Bowls Fundraiser supports families in Dakota County
• 3/1/2023 – South St. Paul Voice – Record High Demand at Local Food Shelves
• 2/23/2023 – KSTP – Emergency Food Benefits from Covid-19
• 2/8/2023 – Star Tribune – Record number of Minnesotans visited food shelves in 2022, up 50% from 2021
• 2/8/2023 – Sun ThisWeek – Bills Would Provide Funding to Food Shelfs 
• 2/8/2023 – MPR News – Food shelf visits leaped last year in Minnesota, advocates say
• 12/22/2022 – Sun ThisWeek – Open Door Pantry moves to new Eagan facility
• 11/26/2022 – Business Insider – ‘Battle-hardened’ food banks and pantries are already struggling to cope even before the recession finally arrives
• 11/17/2022 – Sun ThisWeek – Minnesota Viking player partners with The Open Door in meal giveaway
• 11/15/2022 – KSTP – The Open Door Pantry juggles higher number of families in need as holidays approach
• 11/14/2022 – KSTP – Vikings CB Patrick Peterson hosts turkey giveaway for 200 Twin Cities families
• 9/23/2022 – Sun ThisWeek – Honored director leads ‘aggressive’ efforts to connect people with food
• 9/14/2022 – KSTP – High inflation steady, demand at food shelves are up with donations down
• 8/8/2022 – Sun ThisWeek – Outrun hunger at The Open Door’s 5K Run, 1 Mile Fun Walk and Kid’s Run
• 6/7/2022 – As inflation’s impact deepens, ‘hungriest summer’ could be ahead for Minnesota families
• 6/8/2022 – KARE 11 – Hunger-relief organizations call on lawmakers to hold special session
• 6/9/2022 – KAAL – Inflation impacts Channel One Food Bank, donations down over half

 

Press Release & Media Inquires

For media inquires and press releases please contact Communications Manager, Mikell Melius, at mikell@theopendoorpantry.org.